A trail of devastation, flames ripped through the area and destroying everything in its path. Some here chose to stay and fight even after being ordered to get out. Jefferson was able to save her house but frustrated with cal fire response. They could have saved a lot of communities. Reporter fire crews told her they had no water. She says they refused to tie in on a working hydrant on her property. George sam had the same complaint. Fire crew would not hook up to this fire hydrant. That fire hydrant had 15,000 gallons of water they would not hook up to it. Reporter neighborhoods fend for themselves as they work to protect homes with shovels and garden hoses. We reached out to cal fire to see why crew did not use fire hi hydrants. Cal fire leader is saying the first night they only had 15 engines and we are out gunned by Mother Nature so they were forced to triage their response in order to save the most homes. Reporter tonight staffing has greatly improved. 26 more engines from out of
Breaking news tonight at 10 oclock the wildfires across the bay area are cal fire says the l a new lightning complex fire in the north bay now 25 contained. The scu lightning complex fire in the east and south base 15 contained in the czu august lightning complex on the peninsula and Santa Cruz County is 13 contained thanks for being with us at 10 oclock everybody. Im grant lotus and im Catherine Heenan Vicki Liviakis has the night off. We have a map of where the fires are happening. The lnu lightning complex that this is the biggest it is the deadliest of the mall. So far 5 people have been killed it scorched more than 351,000 acres in solano napa sonoma lake and yolo counties the czu august lightning complex fires burning in the mountains in san mateo and santa cruz counties destroying homes and forcing thousands of people to evacuate their. Finally the scu lightning complex its burned 360,000 acres in contra costa alameda and stannis last counties we have Team Coverage tonight on al
Firefighters battled flames that pattern. Were waiting to see what firefighters trying to get a lit up a tree next to homes happens next with respect to the handle on them. The series of fires that is situation but were also starting to lay all our plans stretching across san mateo and Santa Cruz County has reached evacuation on the west side. Reporter as evacuations 57,000 acres. Continue and more areas are put containment at 2 . On standby just in case, county 97 structures have been destroyed. 77,000 people under mandatory authorities are asking tourists evacuation orders. To turn around and come back he terrorized women in the later. Please, if you dont live here, dont come here to bay area and across california for years. Recreate. Tonight the man known as the wed love to see you on a different day, just not now. Golden state killer will spend the rest of his life in prison. Reporter and there is a little more progress. A judge sentenced joseph there are more firefighters that are
In fog or clear sky. Right now in San Francisco it is about 58 degrees. Current temperatures throughout in the 60s and 50s, but heading to the afternoon it will be another day in the 90s. I want to show you satellite radar to give you sort of an idea of why we have a fire weather watch that will take effect on sunday. You can see a low pressure system just to our south that is churning. Then the interaction with a High Pressure system to the east is going to drive some moisture to the bay area. The interaction of those two and the instability in the atmosphere is going to bring another chance of seeing dry lightning in the bay area with the potential for that heading into tomorrow, which is why the National Weather service has issued a fire weather watch that will be in place sunday through tuesday because of a chance for fastmoving storms. We are going to take a very close look at that because this is going to, of course, impact the alreadyburning fires that are out there, what thats
Ground today. Now, along the coast, overnight fog helped firefighters finally gain some ground on the czu complex fire. Thats the one burning in san mateo and Santa Cruz County. Heres a look at what crews are up against. Flames have scorched some 63,000 acres, containment is at 5 , up from 2 last night. An update is set for 6 00. We will stream that for you on nbcbayarea. Com. This map shows you where the fires are burning. Nearly 670,000 acres burning in our region alone. 1 million acres statewide. From the fire lines to evacuations to the threat of wind and lightning, we are covering the fires from all angles. We begin our coverage with nbc bay areas roz plater in Santa Cruz County with more on the firefight there. Reporter cal fire says it has more resources on the way, more crews, more equipment. And in one ben lomond neighborhood, they say they need more help. Its as simple as that, getting down to the work. Reporter mark showing us how he and his neighbors have been using hand to